| 词条 | Capitol Critters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|show_name = Capitol Critters |image = Capitol Critters.jpg |caption = |runtime = 22 minutes |creator = Nat Mauldin Steven Bochco Michael Wagner |starring = Neil Patrick Harris Charlie Adler Patti Deutsch Jennifer Darling Dorian Harewood Bobcat Goldthwait Frank Welker |company = Steven Bochco Productions Hanna-Barbera Productions Wang Film Productions 20th Century Fox Television |executive_producer = Nat Mauldin |producer = Davis Doi (supervising) |composer = Don Davis |distributor = 20th Television |country = United States |language = English |network = ABC |first_aired = {{Dts||1|31}} |last_aired = {{End date|1992|3|14}} |num_episodes = 13 (6 unaired in original timeslot) }} Capitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C. The series was produced by Steven Bochco Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC, which aired seven out of the show's 13 episodes from January 31 to March 14, 1992. Cartoon Network later aired all 13 episodes in 1995. The series was part of a spate of attempts by major networks to develop prime time animated shows to compete with the success of Fox's The Simpsons, alongside CBS's Fish Police and Family Dog.[1] The latter two, along with Capitol Critters, proved unsuccessful and were quickly cancelled. PlotA young mouse named Max is forced to flee his home at a human farm in Nebraska after he watches his family be killed by exterminators. He travels to Washington, D.C. to live with his cousin, a hippie female mouse named Berkley, a rebellious rat named Jammet and Jammet's mother, Trixie. The group contends with various problems such as the White House's new resident cats (referred to as the Presidential cat and Vice-Presidential cat, caricatures of then-President George H.W. Bush and then-Vice President Dan Quayle), cockroaches, drugs, guns, etc. Episodes
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ReceptionCapitol Critters was cancelled after less than two months.[2] In its short run, the series dealt with such topics as politics, racial segregation, drug addiction, and mortality.[3] In his review of the series, Variety critic Brian Lowry wrote that "at its best, the show seems to ape the work of film director Ralph Bakshi by using an animated setting to explore adult themes", and that "the bland central character and cartoonish elements [...] will likely be off-putting to many adults, who won't find the political satire biting enough to merit their continued attention. Similarly, kids probably won't be as smitten with the cartoon aspects or look."[3] Despite the show's short run, Capitol Critters inspired Burger King Kids Club toys in 1992, which featured Jammet, Max, Muggle, and a Presidential Cat sitting on or emerging from miniature Washington D.C. monuments. Also in 1992, Nintendo planned to adapt the TV series into a video game for the Super NES, but the game was cancelled for unknown reasons. International airingsCapitol Critters was also shown in Germany as Mäuse an der Macht, in Japan as Kyapitoru Mausu Daibouken (キャピトルマウス大冒険), in Poland as "Max and Rat Pack" (Maks i szczurza ferajna), in Brazil as "Turma do Max" and in France as Des souris à la Maison-Blanche. The series has also aired in several other countries including Network Ten and FOX8 in Australia, Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom, MediaCorp Channel 5 in Singapore, TV1 in Malaysia and Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. References1. ^Daniel Cerone, 'Fish Police' on Endangered Species List, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1992, accessed January 20, 2011. 2. ^{{cite book |last1= |first1= |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |editor1-first=Carol A. |editor1-last=Stabile |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=Harrison |title=Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-28326-4 |page=79 |chapter=The second prime time animation boom }} 3. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |others= |title=Variety Television Reviews 1991-92 |year=1994 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=0-8240-3796-0 |page= |chapter=Capitol Critters |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}} External links
15 : American Broadcasting Company network shows|1992 American television series debuts|1992 American television series endings|1990s American animated television series|American children's animated comedy television series|Anthropomorphic mice and rats|English-language television programs|Fictional mice and rats|Nebraska in fiction|1990s American political television series|American animated television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters|Television series by Hanna-Barbera|Television series by 20th Century Fox Television|Television shows set in Washington, D.C.|Television series created by Steven Bochco |
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